1120 CATALOGUE OF 



quite simple, setaceous, about three-fourths of the length of the 

 body. Abdomen with very thick blackish wool on each side and 

 beneath, not extending beyond tbe hind wings. Legs pale brown ; 

 anterior tibiae with silvery white bands. Fore wings with two in- 

 distinct oblique darker fawn-coloured bands between the end of the 

 discal areolet and the exterior border; costal part also rather darker 

 than the wings elsewhere ; second inferior vein rather further from 

 the third than from the first; third rather further from the fourth 

 than from the second. Length of the body 4 — 6 lines; of the 

 wings 12 — 16 Hues. 



Var. /3. White. Head, palpi, fore part of the thorax, abdomen 

 beneath and legs pale luteous. Fore wings with an indistinct testa- 

 ceous tinge ; costa pale luteous. 



a, b. Van Dieman's Land. From Mr. A.J. Smith's collection. 

 c, d. Van Dieman's Land. Presented by Morton Allport, Esq. 

 e. New Holland. From Mr. Milne's collection. 

 /. New Holland. Presented by the late Earl of Derby. 



Genus 14. TALIMA. 



Mas. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis non conspicua. Palpi 

 porrecti, longiusculi; subarcuati, caput superantes; articulus 3us 

 obtusus, minimus. Antennae thorace vix longiores, sat late pecti- 

 natae, apices versus simplices. Pedes validi ; tibiae posticae calcari- 

 bus duobus apicalibus sat longis. Alae breviusculae ; anticae sat 

 angustae, apud costam rectae, apice rotundatae, margine exteriore 

 perobliquo, angulo interiore valde rotundato. 



Male. Body rather stout. Proboscis not visible. Palpi por- 

 rect, rather long, slightly curved, extending beyond the head ; 

 third joint obtuse, very minute. Antennae hardly longer than the 

 thorax, rather deeply pectinated to a little beyond half the length, 

 simple from thence to the tips. Legs stout; hind tibiae with two 

 moderately long apical spurs. Wings rather short. Fore wings 

 rather narrow, straight along the costa, rounded at the tips, very 

 oblique along the exterior border; interior angle much rounded ; 

 second inferior vein twice further from the third than from the first ; 

 third twice further from the fourth than from the second. Hind 

 wings slightly truncated along the exterior border, somewhat 

 attenuated towards the interior angle. 



